gdne

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by gdne 7y ago
tl;dr Yes. Books are worth it. For the vast majority of my life, I didn’t read any books. Reading for me is a painfully boring experience. I simply lack the ability to read and comprehend at a speed that keeps me engaged. Then, I realized I
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by gdne 7y ago
1.25x? Aim to get accustomed to 2x+. So much time savings. I have a friend who’s blind and super proficient on his laptop using screen readers. He runs all the speech at 3x+. It sounds like gibberish to me, but he’s crazy productive. He ins
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by gdne 8y ago
He’s describing a recorded marketing video. It was deliberately produced and edited to contain that specific message. Comparing that to an off the cuff error during a live discussion is disingenuous.
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by gdne 8y ago
The problem is the interface. Voice commands and their responses are linear, one dimensional. It’s difficult to represent complex interaction within that scope. Think of all the investment that has gone into telephone based automated custom
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by gdne 8y ago
Came here to say this. Simpson’s paradox is exactly how gerrymandering works. It’s all about how the data is grouped.
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by gdne 8y ago
I can’t tell if you’re serious or sarcastic given the insanity spewed by talk radio.
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by gdne 8y ago
It isn’t relevant to crypto. This is specifically about spam email mitigation. I don’t agree with their conclusion, which is “we can’t reduce spam to the level we’d like without imposing undue burden on legitimate senders so we shouldn’t do
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by gdne 8y ago
If you like this topic and didn’t read all the way to the bottom, the author’s recommendation of “Prime Obsession” by John Derbyshire is spot on. It’s a fantastic book.
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by gdne 9y ago
The problem isn't housing. The problem is transportation and infrastructure. People need to work for a living. They also don't want to spend a significant amount of time commuting to said work. California's transportation, ro
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by gdne 10y ago
6. Network. Get personal referrals from people you know who work at the companies you are applying. These personal referrals have an order of magnitude better chance at getting you noticed. Use your time to reach out to people you know. Hav
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by gdne 10y ago
I feel sad that so much brain power goes into market arbitrage. They produce nothing usable by anyone else. Imagine if these people built companies that made new advances and new products.
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by gdne 12y ago
> The proposal I present to the commission will ensure the internet remains open, now and in the future, for all Americans. I really wish they would acknowledge that this type of decision isn't just "for Americans". Pretty
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by gdne 12y ago
Whether or not the rich earned their wealth honestly has nothing to do with the issue of excessive wealth inequality. Excessive wealth inequality creates a massive imbalance in society. The concentration of wealth in the hands of so few lea
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by gdne 12y ago
Absolutely agree. People often fall into the false mindset that legal = morally or ethically right. Law is neither. Law is the result of politically motivated negotiations which managed to reach majority consensus. It could be argued that l
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by gdne 12y ago
What this says to me is that people really love content with no ads and are willing to pay for it.
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by gdne 12y ago
All traffic laws do one thing: increase the likelihood that all drivers behave predictably. Going a certain speed. Stopping at a stop light. Not changing lanes erratically. It's all about being predictable to other drivers so they have
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by gdne 12y ago
Because most of the transportation operates on public streets (busses and muni). This forces them to deal with traffic and pedestrian crowds, which make them no better than driving. If SF had a real subway system, things would probably be d
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by gdne 12y ago
I just use charles (charlesproxy.com). Does everything this does and 15 bazillion other things too. Works with mobile devices and anything that can set an HTTP proxy.
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by gdne 12y ago
All of the demos on this page have been available on codepen for months: http://codepen.io/befamous/ There's nothing new here.
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by gdne 13y ago
Why "young" people specifically? Seems extremely limiting. There are a lot of talented people out there of every age and we should be encouraging of anyone building the next innovation.
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by gdne 13y ago
Already been tried. It's called hashcash: http://www.hashcash.org/ Coincidentally, hashcash's proof of work is the foundation of bitcoin. But don't let this discourage you from trying your idea. I think it&#x
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by gdne 13y ago
Posted in the context of hn, this link/article seems to be nothing but an underhanded means to get this community to argue the case against net neutrality.
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by gdne 13y ago
Wow. This is a really great insight. I've worked in advertising and never thought of it this way.
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by gdne 13y ago
I've lived in SV for nearly 20 years. There's a reason that the homeless problem is as bad as it is here. It's not economics biased against the poor. It's not greedy landlords. It comes down to two things: First, SV
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The People's PRISM
11 points by gdne 13y ago|2 comments